IRENE MECCHI IRENE MECCHI (Book) began her association with Disney in March 1992, when she wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short, which won the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Irene is a co-writer of Disney's animated features The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Hercules. Along with co-author Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony nomination for writing the book for The Lion King. Irene wrote the teleplay for "Annie," which aired on ABC in 1999. A native San Franciscan, Irene has written for print, television and live-action film and created a stage play drawn from the 60 years of newspaper columns by San Francisco's Pulitzer Prize­winning writer, Herb Caen. Currently appearing in Show Theatre Role Lion King, The Minskoff Theatre Book

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